Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-01-07
I NO ONE INJURED.
BY the Breaking Of q Switch Rod,
the West Bound Passenger is
Wrecked Near the Depot.
A Remarkable Murder Trial = An
other Wife Beater Arrested
Personal and General.
The Wreck,

The west bound passenger train was
wrecked at this point Tuesday, and tha
no one was injured is a gratifying fact
The train was one and one-half hours latt
and came into the yard at about six miles
per hour. AS the engine turned in upor
the switch, the switch rod broke and the
train went on the main track. Thus the
engine and the front trucks of the mail cal
were dashing along the switch, while the
back trucks of the mail car and the coaches
of the train were tearing along the main
track. In this way the train rolled along
two tracks for over 800 feet and the mai
car was badly shaken up. For over three
hours gang of men worked at the wreck
and at 4::S0 o'clock the train moved west.
ward. The mail clerks occupying the cal
at the time of the wreck were Lounsberry
and Stevenson, and for a few seconds they
were preparing for the worst. They es-
capped from the car without injury, and the
greatest injury sustained was that of fright
by the passengers who jumped pell mel
from the cars.
SCENES AT THE WRECK.
Just as the train stopped and all danger
was passed, a portly gentleman from New
York leaped to the ground and, falling into
a faint, gave the address of his family, to
whom he wanted his love and check book
mailed at once.
The wreck having taken place in the
Bismarck yard, which is under the
supervision of Agent Davidson, that
gentlemen rushed down the platform hat
les and coatlesS, with a large gold pen
over his ear and a half-completed report in
his hand ,and looking the engineer square in
the face he informed him, in pure, un-
broken Scotch, that it was a dirty trick to
twist the train into such ungainly shape
right in the center of the city and in the
yard for which he was responsible
Having ascertained that the wreck was not
caused by any negligence on the part of
the Bismarck employees, Mr.. Davidson re-
turned to his office to write upon his re-
port: "Yard in first class condition, but
Jack Frost raising - with the track
AS Mr., Davidson returned to the Office,
Mr.. Ferd Whitaker, recognizing the re-
sponsibility resting upon him as official of
the road, dashed down to the train, holding
IN his right hand copy of the Fashion
Guide and half-completed letter Which
began, "Mv Dear" and, as he fell over a
broken bar of iron and struck upon the
frozen ground, he yelled in loud, stentorian
tones: us anybody hurt ?" The brake
man asked him why he desired to increase
the wreck by throwing himself around the
yard so recklessly, and the dining room
girls who peeped through the window
just as he fell, and his western slope
loomed up to view, sang: "Oh, my,
amt he daisy; look at the elegant cut of
his pants!" Mr.. Whitaker having been
assured that no one was injured, and that
the Northern Pacific road had not been
ruined bV the accident he walked maies-
tically back to his office and finished his
letter. Perhaps, the greatest and most Sc
riOus result of the accident was at the
Sheridan house. where at least fifteen sue
cessive collisions took place between the de-
layed passengers and the bar.